Can't upgrade f10 to f11: X startup failed, detected GPU lockup

[G.Wolfe Woodbury]

On 09/14/2009 01:17 AM, Deron Meranda wrote:
> I'm trying to install/upgrade a system currently running F10 to F11
> (64-bit AMD, 4MB ram).
>
> The anaconda graphical install fails, and it always falls back to
> the text mode install.  I have to use the graphical mode, because
> I need partitioning/LVM/LUKS options that the text mode
> does not support.
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> Does anybody have any idea what may have changed in F11, and how
> I can get the graphical installer to run like it did in previous releases?

You might try "nomodeset" on the boot command line and see if the X 
server starts ok.

If that fails, and you have another linux box to use, you can add "vnc" 
to the command line and do a graphical install remotely.

Hope This Helps

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G.Wolfe Woodbury